Since ancient times, people have envied gods and immortals, with boundless magic power and infinite life span. Ancient emperors were even more obsessed with ammunition to extend their life span. As for concubines, they hope to maintain their youth through various methods.
The emperor is like this, ordinary people hope to have a long life and create more wealth for their own family. Since people all hope to live long, why is there still a saying that "the elderly live long and defeat their descendants"? Is it bad to live long?
Longevity culture, which has existed since ancient times, has been some longevity villages in some parts of my country. The average age of longevity elderly people is over one hundred years old. Each of them is relatively healthy and has no special food need to be avoided. They are flexible in their movements and clear in their minds. This is a strange and happy thing.
The elderly in these places live very long and have a lot to do with the local soil environment and water resources environment. The local soil and water sources contain very rich nutrients needed by the human body.
The elderly have lived here for a long time and have received these rich nutrients in their bodies. In addition, the elderly often do farm work and have proper exercise. Therefore, the elderly in these places generally live long.
Filial piety is the first priority, and respecting the elderly is a traditional virtue of the Chinese nation since ancient times. Ancient emperors even demonstrated themselves, such as: Li Mi in the late Three Kingdoms.
In his " Ancient Congratulations " to the emperor of Jin Dynasty, he wrote that he was grateful to his grandmother for raising him for his hard work, who had lost his parents since childhood. His grandmother was old and his health was getting worse. He often served medicine and hoped that his grandmother would recover as soon as possible.
If there is a kind, kind, wise, and literate elderly man in the ten miles and villages, and the elderly’s family is prosperous, people will ask the elderly to name the children, or write blessings or couplets to their homes to make friends with the joy of the elderly’s longevity.
However, for long-lived elderly people, there has been another saying since ancient times, that is, "the elderly live long and defeat their descendants." Some people believe that the elderly in the family will cause some family conflicts, economic burdens and reduce the number of their descendants. Is this statement based on facts?
There are many contradictions and pressures
In a big family, there is a long-lived elderly man who is respected, distinguishes right from wrong, and can give his descendants a guide. It is really a blessing for this family.
On the contrary, if this old man is lazy, stingy, and is very stingy, then it is difficult for people to believe in the quality of his descendants.
At the same time, such an elderly person may provoke countless family conflicts and eventually separate the originally intact family.
In addition to the upbringing and temperament of senior citizens, whether the senior citizens' physical condition is healthy is also one of the root causes that affect family stability.
Some elderly people not only live long, but also have good health and are not mixed with their descendants; other elderly people are not only mixed with their descendants' family life, but their physical health is also good and bad.
We all know that when the elderly get older, it is inevitable that they will develop physical illnesses. Taking care of the elderly who have been sick for a long time not only requires children to spend more energy to take care of them, but also a huge challenge to the financial situation of their children's families.
If the children have very good financial situation and sufficient funds, they can also ask someone to take care of the elderly. The elderly have relatively superior medical conditions. Such a superior situation will be very good for both children and the elderly.
If it is a bit inferior, the children do not have sufficient funds to provide high-quality medical services and high medical expenses to the elderly. This is a considerable pressure for children who hope that the elderly will recover as soon as possible and torture the elderly.
more times. If the children do not have a fixed income and cannot even provide the most basic medical expenses to the elderly, the environment for caring for the elderly is also poor. The elderly's health will not only be difficult to recover, but will also get worse and worse, and even in serious cases, it will reduce the lifespan of the elderly.
combined with these, some people think that longevity of the elderly is not all good.Therefore, people prefer healthy, sensible and prestigious long-lived elderly people, and do not like long-lived elderly people who are sick for a long time, scoundrel, and scoundrels.
People believe that "the elderly live long and win the descendants". In addition to the above reasons, there is another phenomenon, that is, the elderly in the family are open-minded, have a high prestige, and are in good health, but their descendants die early. Therefore, some people believe that the elderly in the family live too long and occupy the lifespan of their descendants. So, is this really the case?
has different physiques and affects life span
Emperor Qianlong of the Qing Dynasty lived to be 89 years old. Compared with other ancient Chinese emperors, he lived very long. However, this long-lived old man also has shortcomings in his seemingly perfect life.
That is, many of his children left him before they lived to adulthood. Even if some of them were lucky enough to live to adulthood, they still walked ahead of him.
The living conditions of the royal family are already the best , why do so many children die early?
In fact, whether a person lives long or not is not only related to the genetic gene , but also related to his own physical fitness. A reasonable diet, adequate sleep, and proper exercise are also essential, and excessive worrying can also affect physical health.
Ancient princes had a huge amount of schoolwork, and there were only a few days to rest in the year. The Qing Dynasty started on horseback, and the princes' kung archery skills must also be excellent.
Therefore, super-intensity exercise is essential. In ancient times, medical conditions were low, and even in the royal family with the best living conditions, the survival rate of children was not high, so many people died prematurely.
In modern times, compared with the light diet of the older generation, they often engage in physical labor and have a very regular schedule. The younger generation, most of them are engaged in the Internet industry, work while sitting in office all year round, and the amount of physical labor has decreased. Staying up late and working overtime is the norm. Eating fast food, if you continue to do so, will harm your body and ignore your health.
Various chronic diseases also follow. Although they are not fatal immediately and rely on taking medicine to maintain their health, the medicine is three parts poisonous. If you take medicine for a long time, the chronic diseases will develop resistance to drugs. Sometimes the body may suddenly collapse. It is not particularly strange that it dies suddenly in its prime.
The elderly live longer than their children because, no matter how many years have passed, they have basically maintained the life pattern of working from sunrise to sunset, and the elderly have basically maintained the good habit of working more when they were young. Even if they don’t need to do too much at home, they will take a walk, bask in the sun, walk from time to time, and do things within their ability.
Just like Emperor Qianlong, he was diligent in government affairs, and often carried out archery, horse, riding, shooting, and exercising. After becoming the Supreme Emperor, he added more leisure and elegance and reduced his labor.
Although not as rich as Emperor Qianlong’s life, rural elderly people will open a vegetable garden in their yard and plant some vegetables. These vegetables do not sprinkle pesticides, and most of the fertilizers are farm manure. The elderly often eat these pollution-free vegetables, and their physical condition will be much better than their children who are often exposed to various additives, and it is not difficult to understand that they live longer than their children.
Furthermore, Emperor Qianlong lived a long life. In addition to paying attention to regular life and exercising frequently, he also inherited the longevity gene of his mother, Empress Dowager Chongqing .
The modern younger generation may not have inherited the longevity side of the elderly, so compared to the elderly, the younger generation does not live that longevity.
Therefore, a healthy, open-minded, relaxed and long-lived elderly person will not harm his descendants. Our daily routines and routines must be as regular as possible, pay attention to a balanced diet and sufficient rest, less worries, more exercise, and keep healthy. If you live a long and peaceful life, have a harmonious family, and have a happy life, you will be very happy.
